Woman Receives Annual Birthday Flowers from Her Dad 5 Years After His Death

Not even stage-four pancreatic cancer could prevent this man from celebrating his daughter's birthday for years after his death.

About a month before her 17th birthday, Tennessee native Bailey Seller, now 21, lost her father to cancer, according to Buzzfeed. Little did she know, he had something wonderful planned for her upcoming birthdays — a bouquet of flowers that would arrive on her special day for the next five years.

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My dad passed away when I was 16 from cancer and before he died he pre payed flowers so i could receive them every year on my birthday. Well this is my 21st birthday flowers and the last. Miss you so much daddy. 💜 pic.twitter.com/vSafKyB2uO

The first year the flowers arrived, Bailey thought they were from a secret admirer, but as soon as she opened the card, she learned they were from her late father. It was an emotional moment for the teenager. "I just dropped," she told Buzzfeed. "I was completely shocked."

For years, the annual gift helped Bailey cope with her father's passing and gave her comfort when she missed him most. "Every year I looked forward to my birthday because I felt like he was still here with me," she wrote on Twitter.

The most recent vase of flowers was even more special for two reasons. It came with a sweet, handwritten card from her late father, and it was also the last one he'd set up to send her. Inside the card, her dad reminded her that he would always be with her.

Bailey, This is my last love letter to you until we meet again. I do not want you to shed another tear for me my baby girl for I am in a better place. You are and will always be the most precious jewel I was given. It is your 21st birthday and I want you to always respect your momma and stay true to yourself. Be happy and live life to the fullest. I will still be with you through every milestone, just look around and there I will be. I love you boo boo and happy birthday!!!!

To mark this year's arrival, Bailey shared an image of the bouquet and card with a sweet message for her father on Twitter. The tweet quickly racked up more than 1 million likes and thousands of responses from others who have lost parents and could empathize.

"He would be so proud that he did this," Bailey told WATE 6. "He made people happy. He made people realize that they shouldn't take the people they care about for granted."